Zod was going planetary killer at the end. A one man Exitinction Level Event. This was some real Supervillain stuff. I will refer again to what Zola told the Col. in CA:TFA: "The sanity of the plan is of no consequence.... BECAUSE HE CAN DO IT!" This is one of the things that puts comic book supervillains in a separate category than your average, over the counter strength villain. Can their plans be beyond all sense of rationality? Yes. But that doesn't matter. They have the intelligence or power, or both, to pull it off. For maybe the first time since we started putting these characters on the sceen in the 40's fim makers can really bring these villains to life in power and cunning. Joker, Loki, Zod.... These were supervillains as I've known them since I was a wee lad. It's a good time to be a fan of this genre.